Nailed It - Pop-up Panel Card

Stamp sets: Nailed It, Gorgeous Grunge & Adventure Awaits 

Cardstock: Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Delightful Dijon & Whisper White

Ink: Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Delightful Dijon, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze & Archival Black

Tools: Build It Framelits, Paper Crimper & Hexagons Dynamic Folder

Extras: Kraft Rope Trim

Techniques: Sponging & Watercolouring

This card is totally inspired by Rose Packers card that I had seen on Pinterest 

With a little searching I found Rose's Blog post featuring this cards inspiration.

This ended up being the perfect card for my dad's birthday... being a builder and all that handy stuff dads do.

I love the rustic textures of a card like this. You can get rough with it and messy too and it still looks good.

The pop-up panel is great for a wow factor and gives plenty of room for decorating the inside of the card, if that's what you'd like to do.

I had seen a few cards on Pinterest with the pop-up panel featuring the Nailed It stamp set, but probably too many to give credit to any one person. 

Corner fold card - Featuring From land to Sea

Stamp Set: From Land to Sea & Hardwood

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Whisper White & Sahara Sand

Ink: Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Marina Mist, Tempting Turquoise, Soft Sky, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Delightful Dijon, Always Artichoke, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Cucumber Crush,  So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede & Versa Mark

Tools: Hearth & Home Thinlits & Heat Tool

Extras; Clear Embossing Powder, White Gel Pen & Wink of Stella

Techniques: Heat Emboss & Resist, Watercolouring, Sponging & Masking 

I used a white gel pen to write the message on to this piece of cardstock before adhering onto the card base.

The Card base is just a large square, scored in half vertical and in half horizontally to make four square quarters. Then score one quarter in half diagonally and cut along the scoreline of the quarter next to the diagonally scored quarter (not the same quarter with the diagonal scoreline, but the next  one over).

It's much easier to stick all the pieces onto the card base before assembling it together.

Here I have tucked excess twine into the two sides that create the front of the card.

The diagonal scoreline on the bottom of the card folds up so that the whole card will fold flat.

I Wrapped the present in brown paper and Kraft Rope Trim (with lots of knots), then slipped in a piece of cardstock with a jellyfish to match to card. 

Stamp Sets: Oh What Fun & Holly Berry Happiness

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Real Red, Garden Green & Candy Cane Lane dsp

Ink: White Craft, Versa Mark, Real Red & Garden Green

Tools: Star Framelits & Holly Berry Builder Punch

Extras: White Embossing Powder, White Gel Pen & Candy Cane Lane Washi Tape

Techniques: Heat Embossing & Sponging (chalkboard)

This card sat together better a different way than the previous card, so I just arranged the inserts to suit the card base. 

Hidden Message Card - featuring Picture Perfect

Stamp sets: Picture Perfect, Balloon Celebration & Hardwood

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Basic Black & Whisper White

Ink: Soft Suede, Black Memento, Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Blushing Bride, Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum, Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron, Cucumber Crush & Bermuda Bay

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It works like a gate fold card at the front opening, then tucks into an embellishment on dimensionals. (At least this is what works for me, you could also use a belt or ribbon to secure the card closed)

When the card is open it reveals a message on the inside.

Then when you bring the two mountains together (by folding the middle in half backward)...

You can open the centre the other way to reveal the hidden message.

This card is really cool. Everyone in the class was very impressed by how fun this card was to play with, yet how easy it was to make. 

This next card was made the same way, but with different sizing. I just played around with measurements, so I think it could be made to suit individual needs.

Stamp Sets: Picture Perfect, Kinda Eclectic & Endless Birthday Wishes

Cardstock: Soft Sky & Whisper White

Ink: Soft Sky, Mint Macaron, Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Emerald Envy, Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry & Wisteria Wonder

For more colours scroll down the page.

Stamp sets: Picture Perfect, Balloon Celebration Endless Birthday Wishes & Hardwood

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Basic Black & Whisper White

Ink: Soft Suede, Black Memento, Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Blushing Bride, Peekaboo Peach, daffodil Delight, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant, Night of Navy, Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron, Cucumber Crush & Bermuda Bay

(It was a little while ago that I made these cards so it's tricky to remember exactly what colours I used, especially when there was sooo many)

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I've found Thick White Cardstock is the most suitable for weaving through the middle section. Though it can't hurt to experiment...

Stamp sets: Picture Perfect, Kinda Eclectic & Birthday Blooms

Cardstock: Sweet Sugarplum, Elegant Eggplant & Whisper White

Ink: Blushing Bride, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder & Sahara Sand

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Stamp Set: Swirly Bird & Endless Birthday Wishes

Cardstock: Peekaboo Peach, Crumb Cake, Basic Black & Very Vanilla

Ink: Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive & Black

Extras: Linen Thread

I had done a different version of this card for the class. It was Black, white & Gray using the motor bike from born to ride. I can't seem to find the card to take  photo, I think Ive given it away...

Here are all (...well most) of the colours I used for stamping the birds, flowers and sponging some backgrounds. If I hadn't taken these photo during the process, I'd never remember all the colours I used. I do get a bit carried away with colour sometimes...  

The background on the left is coloured with the rubber brayer while the background on the right is coloured with sponges.

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Sometimes I would just add a bit of colour using a dauber or a sponge. 

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oops... I've accidentally deleted a photo that was here... : /

Probably adding Sweet Sugarplum & Rich Razzleberry to the throat. 

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Experimenting with colour can be fun.

I find it easier to start with the darkest colour when triple stamping with photopolymer, then you can see through the lighter colour ink on the stamp and can line up more easily with the darker ink that's already been stamped.

 

Stamp Set: One Wild Ride

Cardstock: Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Whisper White & Thick White

Ink: Black Memento, Basic Gray & Smoky Slate

Tools: Best Badge